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R&D and Productivity in German Manufacturing Firms
Harhoff, Dietmar - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 6 (1998) 1, pp. 29-50
This papcr uses a new firm panel data set to explore the relationship between R&D and productivity in German manufacturing firms for the period from 1979 to 1989. The results confirm the view that K&D is an important determinant of productivity growth. In the cross-section, the elasticity of...
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R&D and productivity growth: Evidence from the UK
Kafouros, Mario - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 14 (2005) 6, pp. 479-497
Although the econometric evaluation of R&D has attracted wide interest in many countries, it has not attracted much in the UK. The main objective of this paper is to fill this void, i.e., to estimate the impact of R&D on productivity growth of the UK manufacturing sector. However, there are some...
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MANAGING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT: AN OPTIMAL ALLOCATION BETWEEN R&D AND PROTOTYPE FUNDING
Rothwell, G. - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 6, pp. 419-432
The research and development manager allocates R&D funds to maximize the expected discounted net value of the R&D programme. Because public R&D managers do not have the same market discipline (or rewards) as private R&D managers, public R&D managers require a methodology for maximizing the...
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Innovation And Job Creation In A Smallopen Economy-Evidence From Norwegian Manufacturing Plants 1982-92
Klette, Jakob; Førre, Svein Erik - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 5 (1998) 2-4, pp. 247-272
relationship between job creation and innovation, as measured by R&D investments, in Norwegian manufacturing. We compare job …
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Building Technological Capabilities In A Liberalising Developing Economy: Firm Strategies And Public Policy
Basant, Rakesh; Chandra, Pankaj - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 11 (2002) 4-5, pp. 399-421
As a consequence of economic reforms, the Indian manufacturing sector faces a variety of technology related challenges. It not only has to quickly develop world-class manufacturing capabilities, but also gear up to develop new products and processes. In this paper we analyse the technology...
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What drives the internationalisation of innovation? Evidence from European patent data
Dachs, Bernhard; Pyka, Andreas - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 19 (2010) 1, pp. 71-86
This paper analyses the current internationalisation of innovation activities and identifies the main drivers for the …-2005. Our results show that the internationalisation of innovation is mainly due to an intensified co-operation between EU … countries and joint membership in the EU are also factors that considerably spur overseas innovation activity. …
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THEY DON'T INVENT THEM LIKE THEY USED TO: AN EXAMINATION OF ENERGY PATENT CITATIONS OVER TIME
Popp, David - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 15 (2006) 8, pp. 753-776
energy research. Popp [2002, Induced Innovation and Energy Prices. American Economic Review, 92(1), 160-180.] finds that the …
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Improving the Performance of the Education Sector: The Valuable, Challenging, and Limited Role of Random Assignment Evaluations
Murnane, Richard J.; Nelson, Richard R. - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16 (2007) 5, pp. 307-322
In an attempt to improve the quality of educational research, the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has provided funding for 65 randomized controlled trials of educational interventions. We argue that this research methodology is more effective in providing guidance to...
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INTELLIGENT MACHINE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
Leech, David; Scott, John - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 17 (2008) 7-8, pp. 677-687
This paper provides preliminary estimates of the productivity impact of intelligent machine technology (IMT) and the rate of return to IMT research and development (R&D) over the next two decades. The paper adapts economists' traditional productivity growth model to enable the use of industrial...
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Building technological capabilities in a liberalising developing economy: Firm strategies and public policy
Basant, Rakesh; Chandra, Pankaj - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 11 (2002) 6, pp. 1-23
As a consequence of economic reforms, the Indian manufacturing sector faces a variety of technology related challenges. It not only has to quickly develop world-class manufacturing capabilities, but also gear up to develop new products and processes. In this paper we analyse the technology...
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